The Last (audio story)
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| The Last | ||
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| Doctor: | Eighth Doctor | |
| Companion(s): | Charley, C'rizz | |
| Main enemy: | Excelsior | |
| Main setting: | Bortresoye, the Divergent Universe | |
| Key crew | ||
| Publisher: | Big Finish Productions | |
| Writer: | Gary Hopkins | |
| Director: | Gary Russell | |
| Music: | David Darlington | |
| Post production: | David Darlington | |
| Cover by: | Steve Johnson | |
| Release details | ||
| Release number: | 62 | |
| Release date: | October 2004 | |
| Format: | 4 Episodes on 2 CDs | |
| Production code: | 8T | |
| ISBN 1-84435-102-5 | ||
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The Last was the sixty-second monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions.
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Publisher's summary 
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Trapped on a dying world, the Doctor and Charley come face-to-face with those responsible for the war to end all wars, while C'rizz tries to understand what has happened and learns the terrible truth.
Powerful forces are at work on Bortresoye that not even a nuclear holocaust can tame; natural forces that have excited the interest of Excelsior, the self-proclaimed saviour of her people.
With Charley immobilised and C'rizz left to battle against the elements with some of the victims of war, one final, desperate hope of escape presents itself to the travellers.
But who will be the last to leave the planet? Who will have to stay behind? And will the Doctor, Charley and C'rizz live long enough to find out?
Plot Edit
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Cast Edit
- The Doctor - Paul McGann
- Charley Pollard - India Fisher
- C'rizz - Conrad Westmaas
- The Kro'ka - Stephen Perring
- Excelsior - Carolyn Jones
- Minister Voss - Ian Brooker
- Minister Tralfinial - Robert Hines
- Landscar - Richard Derrington
- Requiem - Tom Eastwood
- Nurse - Jane Hills
- Make-Up Assistant - John Dorney
References Edit
Individuals Edit
- Voss is the Bortresoye Minister of War while Tralfinial is the Minister of Peace.
- The Kro'ka presents the Doctor with visions of Katarina and Adric, two of his companions who died while under his care.
- Most of C'rizz's family and friends were killed when the Kromon invaded Eutermes.
- Charley believes that all war is a crime.
The Doctor Edit
- The Doctor refers to Katarina as "the little handmaiden from Troy." He regrets taking her away from her own time and giving her hope, only for her to be killed shortly afterwards.
TARDIS Edit
- The Doctor believes that the Kro'ka may have moved the TARDIS off-world.
Technology Edit
- Given that she is from 1930, Charley is unfamiliar with nuclear weapons.
Species Edit
- Eutermesans have an exoskeleton.
Conflicts Edit
- Following the nuclear war, Voss reports that 60 million of Bortresoye's population of 75 million have been killed. However, Tralfinial believes that the death toll is even higher than that.
Notes Edit
Added by Revanvolatrelundar- Carolyn Jones (Excelsior) would later play Lady Calcula, Davros' mother, in I, Davros.
- Richard Derrington (Landscar) previously played Dr. Stephen Farmer in AUDIO: The Harvest.
- Jane Hills (Nurse) previously played L'da in AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon and Faith Stealer and later reprised her role in AUDIO: The Next Life.
- An illustrated preview for this story appeared in DWM 349 by Martin Geraghty.
- A deleted scene from Episode 4 with the Eighth Doctor was included with Big Finish Magazine #6 (a free audio CD release with news and interviews). The clip had been removed for time and pacing considerations. It is 1:59 in length.
- The working titles for this story were Would The Last Person To Leave The Planet Please Switch Off The Light? and Last.
- This story is unusual in that it does not feature the TARDIS. It was the last such story in the main range until AUDIO: LIVE 34 in September 2005.
- This audio drama was recorded on 9 and 10 June 2004.
Continuity Edit
- The Doctor encounters the shades of his deceased companions Katarina and Adric. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan, Earthshock) He refers to the former sacrificing her life to save his first incarnation and Steven Taylor. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
- C'rizz wears a moon stone around his neck which was given to him by his father Guidance on the day of his wedding to L'da. (AUDIO: The Next Life, The Creed of the Kromon)
- C'rizz and Charley discuss the fate of L'da. (AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon)
External links Edit
- Official The Last page at bigfinish.com
- The Last at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for The Last at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
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